Fountain-brush.



W. T. SNYDER.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.25.1917.

1,237,567. Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

WILLIRIVI T SNYDEK FoUNmAIN-BRUsn. r

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

' Be it known that 1, WILLIAM T. SNYDER, acitizen of the' United'States, residing at Burns, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Brushes,- of which thefollowing is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fountain brushes and'has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which may be, conveniently used as a shoe blacking or stenciling brush.

It is another and more particular object of the invention to'provide a container or reservoir having a spring pressed plunger therein and a polishing brush fixed to one side of the reservoir, said reservoir having an outlet nipple at oneend, a valve disposed contiguous to the open end of the nipple, a dauber movable upon the nipple, and means yieldably urging the dauber in one direction and preventing the passage 'ofthe'liquid past the valve. I

It is a further generalobject, of my invention to improve and simplify the construction of brushes of the above character, whereby the same are rendered highly'serviceable and convenientin practical use and capable of manufacture at relatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in'view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the preferred embodiment of my improved fountain brush; I

Fig. 2is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 desi nates a container or reservoir preferably constructed of sheet metal and which may be of either rectangular or cylindrical shape, as preferred. To one side of this reservoir, a polishing brush 6 is suitably secured, said brush preferably extending substantially the entire length of the reservoir. To the opposite side of the reservoir 5, a suitable handle 7 is fixed.

A plunger 8 is arranged within one end WILLIAM '1. SNYDER, 0F BURNS, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A110, 21,1917,

' Application filed January 25, 1917. Serial No. 144,441.

of the reservoir'and, to the periphery'thereof, one end of a guiding sleeve or annulus 9 I is secured. To one side face of the plunger 8, the large end coil of a spiral spring 10 is secured. The coils of this spring successively decrease in diameter so that they will nest within each other, andthe smaller end coil is centrally'fixed, as at 12, to the wall of a closure cap 11. This cap is provided with an interiorly threaded flange for engagement with exterior threads on the open end of the container 5. It will thus be readily understood that when the cap is unthreaded from the end of the container, the plunger and the spring may be removed so that the reservoir or container can be conveniently filled with the liquid.

The other end of the container is provided at its upper side with an angularly projecting, outlet tube or nipple 13. A rod 14 extends within this nipple and is riveted or otherwise securely fixed at one of its ends to the wall thereof. A semispherical valve member 15 is threaded upon the other end of this rod'and has its convex face disposed in spaced relation to the open end of the nipple.

16 designates the head of a dauber brush in which the bristles, indicated at 17, are suitably fixed. This headis provided in the face opposite to that from which the bristles.

plate 20 is fixed upon the head 16 over the cavity 18 thereof, and is centrally formed with an angularly projecting sleeve 21 which, at its juncture with the plate, is diametrically enlarged or of bulbous formation, as indicated at 22. Normally, the wall of this enlarged portion of the sleeve is disposed in close contact with the convex face of the valve member 15 and revents the escape of the liquid around the valve memshown, and has its other end securely fixed to the plate 20 and the head 16, said latter end of the spring having an opening 24 therein to accommodate the enlarged end portion 22 of the sleeve 21.

In the use of my improved brush, it will be understoodthat when the bristles 17 of the dauber are pressed against the; shoe or other object, the dauber is'for ced inwardly with respect to,the nipple 13, against the, action of the spring 23 so that the wall 22 is disengaged from the valve 15 and the black'ing may then pass from the container.

into thecavity 18 and through the ducts or orifices 19 to thevbristles 17 Immediately upon the release of such pressure, the spring 23 returnsthe dauber ,to its normal position and cuts off the further supply of the liquid, to the bristles 17 As the blacking or, other liquid within the container 5 is consumed, the spring 10 urges the plunger 8. inwardly and thus forcibly feeds the; liquid through the outlet nipple, In the use of the device as a shoe blacking brush, it will be understood that after the blacking hasbeen applied to the surface of the shoe by means, of;

the dauber, the shoe is polished by means of the'brush 6. i I From the foregoing description, the construction and manner of operation of my invention will be clearly and fully under: stood] The device may be conveniently emplo'yedin stenciling, the dauber being engagedupon the stencil plate andthe marking fluid used. with a minimum of-waste. It will, of course, be manifest, that the container,or reservoir may be of any desired capacity and the dauber, whereby the fluid is applied, can likewise be'of other shapes.

and sizes than that indicatedinthedrawing. The invention is likewise susceptible of a great many minor modifications in the form, proportion and arrangement of its detail Copies, of, this patent may be, obtained for Washington, D .,6,.l"

parts and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may'be' fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is: 1 3

1, A fountain brush including a reservoir having an outlet nipple on one end, a dauber provided with a sleeve], slidably engaged.

1 .01 aid nipp an ns S l fq m with, a, valveseat, a member fixedwithin e-n PPle nd n x je i gb ye d the p end thereof, a valve, element adjustable upon said member withrespect to the open end ofthenipple, and a leafspring fixed at one 01" itsends to the reservoir and' at its other end to the dauberand yieldingly urging the dauben in one direction to engage the valve leafispring fixed at one end to thereservoir I and at its other end to said plate to urge the dauber in one direction and engage the valve seatwithsaid valveand normally closethe outlet.

Intestimgny whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, WILLIAM T. SNYDER, Witnesses: p

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